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Global Handbook of Rice Policies por Antonio, Ronald Jeremy, Valera, Harold Glenn, Durand-Morat, Alvaro, Hoang, Hoa, Diagne, Mandiaye, Malakhail, Fazal, Pede, Valerien

“…Similar to the United States and exporting countries in Asia, Latin America is also highly relevant for the world rice market since it houses some key rice exporters (i.e., Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay). …”
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Payments for environmental services: some nuts and bolts por Wunder, Sven

“…This assessment is based on a literature review, combined with field observations from research in Latin America and Asia. It concludes that service users will continue to drive PES, but their willingness to pay will only rise if schemes can demonstrate clear additionality vis-à-vis carefully established baselines, if trust-building processes with service providers are sustained, and PES recipients’ livelihood dynamics is better understood. …”
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Mapping EST-derived SSRs and ESTs involved in resistance to bacterial blight in Manihot esculenta por López, C.E., Quesada Ocampo, LM, Bohórquez Cháux, Adriana, Duque E., Myriam Cristina, Vargas Daza, Jaime, Tohme, Joseph M., Verdier, Valerie M.

“…Cassava bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis (Xam), is an important disease in Latin America and Africa resulting in significant losses. …”
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Local, reliable and timely agro-climatic information: a requirement of Colombian farmers por Blundo Canto, Genowefa M., Giraldo Mendez, Diana Carolina, Álvarez Toro, Patricia, Pérez Marulanda, Lisset, Gartner Vargas, C.

“…It is necessary to look for agricultural management alternatives that allow farmers to adapt to climatic conditions and implement efficient and sustainable management systems, within a framework of effective communication with farmers (Jones, 2003; Pulwarty et al., 2003). In Latin America are very few the initiatives related to climatic forecasts. …”
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The paradox of limited maize stover use in india's smallholder crop-livestock systems por Erenstein, Olaf, Samaddar, Arindam, Teufel, Nils, Blümmel, Michael

“…In many areas of India maize is a relatively new cash crop where farmers and development agents alike generally perceive maize stover to have limited utility, in contrast with the intensive feeding of other cereal residues in India and the intensive use of maize stover in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. …”
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Regional developments [in 2024 Global Food Policy Report] por Becquey, Elodie, Benin, Samuel, Marivoet, Wim, Gelli, Aulo, Abay, Kibrom A., Abdelfattah, Lina Alaaeldin, Kurdi, Sikandra, Sarhan, Mohsen, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Lambrecht, Isabel B., Pechtl, Sarah, Kishore, Avinash, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Chen, Kevin Z., Harris, Jody, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…Policy reforms must consider the needs and preferences of diverse populations in the region, support the agency of the most marginalized producers and consumers, and strengthen regional cooperation to make diverse, healthy food available and accessible for all. Latin America and the Caribbean: To achieve sustainable healthy diets, the Latin America and Caribbean region will require both demand- and supply-side solutions, as well as changes in food environments to increase demand for healthy foods. …”
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Inheritance of resistance to Acanthoscelides obtectus in a wild common bean accession crossed to commercial bean cultivars por Kornegay, Julia L., Cardona, C.

“…The bean weevil Acanthoscelides obtectus, is an important storage pest of common beans in Latin America and Africa. A few wild bean accessions from Mexico have been identified as highly resistant to the weevil. …”
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La identificación y distribución de los salivazos de la caña de azúcar y los pastos (Homoptera: Cercopidae) en Costa Rica por Thompson, V., León González, R.

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Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-Fifth Meeting, 21-26 September 1998: Report of the Meeting por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…It recommended that the CGIAR to redress relative underinvestment in livestock and water management, shifting shares in the commodity portfolio, absolute underinvestment in most commodities and centers, and financing gaps faced by several smaller centers.The Committee suggested broadening the study on CGIAR commitments in Latin America and the Caribbean. …”
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The recent growth boom in developing economies: The role of services por Diao, Xinshen, McMillan, Margaret S., Rodrik, Dani

“…First, the services sector has contributed to labour productivity growth in developing economies through structural change (primarily Africa) and through productivity improvements within the services sector (primarily Latin America) and sometimes through both channels (primarily East Asia). …”
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Addressing uncertainty in adaptation planning for agriculture por Vermeulen, Sonja J., Challinor, Andrew J., Thornton, Philip K., Campbell, Bruce M., Eriyagama, Nishadi, Vervoort, Joost M., Kinyangi, James, Jarvis, Andy, Läderach, Peter R.D., Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Nicklin, K.J., Hawkins, E., Smith, D.R.

“…The case on coffee in Latin America identifies altitudinal thresholds at which incremental vs. transformative adaptation pathways are robust options. …”
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Identification of three strains of a virus associated with cassava plants affected by Frogskin disease por Calvert, Lee A., Cuervo Ibáñez, Maritza, Lozano Potes, Iván, Villareal, N., Arroyave, José A.

“…Cassava Frogskin Disease (CFSD) can cause severe damage to cassava roots and is one of the most important diseases of cassava in Latin America. The principal objective of this study was to identify the causal agent of CFSD. …”
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Agronomic and economic contrasts between monocrop maize and associated maize/bean systems por Francis, C.A., Flor Montoya, Carlos A., Prager Mosquera, Martín

“…A large proportion of the maize planted in the tropics and highlands of Latin America is associated with beans and other crops. …”
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Prioritization of Climate Smart Practices for Cocoa in Peru: Climate analysis and Cost Benefit Analysis of climate smart practices in cacao production in Peru to evaluate the adapt... por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…This study provides a climate hazard based Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practice prioritization and cost-benefit analysis for cocoa in Peru, Latin America. We reviewed projected climatic change risks, provide an overview of potential CSA practices and demonstrate the relative profitability of CSA systems using a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), involving the comparison of the annual flows of incremental benefits with that of incremental costs. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee First Meeting, 29 June - 2 July 1971: Report por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…It received information on the status of work related to: upland or rainfed crops, food legumes, animal health and production in tropical Africa, water use and management, rice development in West Africa and the existing program of WARDA, potato improvement in Latin America, and vegetable production in Asia. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Seventh Meeting, 4-8 February 1974: Draft Report por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…TAC requested preparation for its next meeting of a detailed proposal for a research network based at CIAT for field beans in Latin America.TAC discussed strengthening national research capabilities, but decided to return to the issue later. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Sixth Meeting, 25 July-2 August 1973: Draft Report por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Findings and recommendations on meeting agenda items included: recommendation for CG support to WARDA's coordinated field trials of rice varieties and related training programs; endorsement of the proposed University of Illinois-based INTSOY program on soybean research and a CGIAR role in its outreach functions; the suitability of a cooperative research program on protein production in Latin America between CIAT, CTEI, and other regional and national institutes (rather than an independent IARC for this purpose); and recommendations on two proposals on plant disease research involving fusarium control and horizontal resistance to wheat disease. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Twenty-Third Meeting, 19-26 February 1980: Draft Report por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…It dispatched a mission to consider ICIPE's application for CGIAR sponsorship.TAC agreed with its Subcommittee on Upland Rice that some rice breeding resources should be transferred from West Africa (IITA) to Latin America (CIAT). After considering the response of ILCA's Board to the report of its Second Mission to ILCA, TAC reiterated that training and cooperation with African NARS required greater emphasis as compared to monitoring. …”
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What do we know about the future of maize value chains in a changing climate and agrifood system? por Tesfaye Fantaye, Kindie, Sonder, Kai, Pequeno, Diego, Hartley, Faaiqa, Gbegbelegbe, Sika

“…The feed demand for maize is expected to grow faster in the coming few decades, largely driven by rapid economic growth and diet shifts in highly populated regions in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Meeting the growing demand for maize will require dramatic increases in production, marketing, use, and resilience of maize-based farming systems. …”
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Global hotspots of climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture por Costa, Ciniro, Thornton, Philip K., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…The most substantial A&M hotspots are situated across South Asia, with smaller areas in South East Asia, Africa, and Latin America. We highlight three findings from this analysis. …”
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